The conversation returned once more to the Hongsheng Heavenly Road.
The Jade Thumb Ring True Lord Pinglan had passed to him before his death was the key to opening the Azure Tide Sect's treasury on the Dustless Continent.
That treasury held a vast number of secrets, including many rumors and factual records about the Hongsheng Heavenly Road.
It was because of this that Lou Sheng, as sect master, had learned more than ordinary disciples.
And this was a privilege reserved for the sect master.
"People on the Dustless Continent have many theories about the Hongsheng Heavenly Road. Some say it's a secret realm, others say it's a space created independently, and still others say it's a layer between spaces. But I saw another theory in the secret records: a Heavenly Dao rift.
"Everyone says the Hongsheng Heavenly Road is meant to connect things, but the secret records told me it was actually meant to repair them.
"Only once those repairs are complete can the two Azure Realms become one again.
"But I always thought that theory was too far-fetched. I imagine my predecessors thought so too, which is why they never spoke of it to the world."
Xia Jue rubbed his chin. "Did those secret records say what would happen after the repairs?"
"Once the rift is repaired, the Heavenly Dao merges again."
An inscrutable glint flashed through Xia Jue's eyes. "Merges... again?"
Rather than asking Lou Sheng, he seemed to be asking himself.
Chu Luohen raised his head slightly. He had heard Su Jiu's theories about this world as well.
After she had obtained more information in that little house in the City That Never Sleeps, A Jiu had shared many of her theories and suspicions with him through divine sense.
Now that he heard Lou Sheng's account, the